Device for dumping cars



(No Model.)

OpF. WILSON. DEVICE FOR DUMPING CARS.

No. 472,648. Patented Apr. 12, 1892.

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UNITED STATES P TENT FFICE.

CHARLES F. WILSON, OF BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO.

DEVICE FOR DUMPING CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,648, dated April12, 1892. Application filed'tTune 22, 1891. $erial No. 397,055. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern' Be it known that I, CHARLES F. WILsoN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Breckenridge, in the county ofSummit and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Device forDumping Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements on a device for dumping cars, andforming subject-matter of Patent No. 413,488, granted November 19, 1889.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for clamping therear axle and preventing a car recoiling during the operation ofdumping.

A further object of the invention is to improve the general constructionof the device and the manner of securing the same to a cross-tie.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in'the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a car and adevice for dumping the same, the dumping device being shown in elevationand the parts being shown in position preparatory to dumping. Fig. 2 isa similar View showing the parts in position when the car is dumped.Fig. 3 is a plan view, the body or frame of the car being removed. Fig.4 is a perspective view of the dumplng device. Fig. 5 is a detailperspectlve view.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a bed-plate, whichis secured to a cross-tie 2 by a clip 3 and bolts 4, and is providedwith Vertical perforated ears 5 and a central longitudinalsupportingflange 6. The ears 5 are preferably formed integral with thebed-pla e, and so is the central flange 6, which is provided withbeveled shoulders 7, forming a rib 8, adapted to support and form a stopfor the angle trip-lever 9. The bed-plate is provided with perforations10, adapted to receive the vertical bolts 4: and the clip 3, and thelatter is u-shaped and has L-shaped sides which depend vertically fromthe bed-plate and extend horizontally beneath the cross-tie 2, and isadapted to clamp the bed-plate thereon, and the vertical ends of theeration of dumping.

sides of the clip are threaded and are provided with nuts. The angletrip-lever is pivoted at its main angle by a removable bolt 11, which isadapted to be withdrawn to detach the angle trip-lever, and the arm 12of the latter is provided at its outer end with a nutsocket 13, and itis adapted to be employed as a wrench to screw the nuts and secure thebed-plate to a tie or remove therefrom. The other arm 14 is providedwith an extension 15, which is arranged at right angles to the arm 14:,and extends longitudinally of the angle trip-lever, and it is providedwith a longitudinal opening 16-to receive a latch l7,and the outer endof the arm 14 is bifurcated, and the inner end of the latch is pivotedin the bifurcation. The outer end of the latch is provided with athumb-piece l8, and intermediate its ends the latch is provided with a.shoulder 19, which has one side beveled and is adapted to engage therear axle 20 of a car 21 to prevent the car recoiling during the op- Thecar 21 is adapted for the transportation of ores, coal, and likesubstances and has its body 22 hinged and adapted to be tipped to dumpthe load from one end of the car. The arm 9 of the angle trip-lever isengaged by the front axle of an approaching car of the class describednear the point where the load is to be dumped, and the arm 9 isprostrated or thrown to a horizontal position, and the arm 14 is raisedand brought into position to engage the rear axle which is clamped bythe latch 17, and by suddenly arresting the truck of the car the body iscaused to tip and discharge its contents. After the car has been dumpedthe latch is raised by hand, and the car by moving back reverses theoperation and sets the angle triplever to engage another load.

It will be seen that the dumping device may be readily secured to across-tie and removed therefrom and is adapted to prevent cars recoilingwhile being dumped.

What I claim is 1. The combination of the bed-plate having perforatedears and provided with the longi tudinal supporting-flange arrangedbetween the ears and the angle trip-lever pivoted between the ears,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the bed-plate proflange extending longitudinallyof the bedprovided with threaded ends and nuts and plate and adapted toserve as a stop, and the depending vertically from the bed-plate and I5angle-lever pivoted between the ears and havadapted to extendhorizontally beneath a 5 ing an extension 15 and provided with ancross-tie, substantially as described.

opening, and the latch pivoted in the open- In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as ing' and adapted to engage the rear axle of my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in vided with perforated ears andhaving a l and the U-shaped clip having L-shaped sides the ear toprevent recoil, substantially as de- I presence of two witnesses.

scribed. CHARLES F. \VILSON. i0 3. The combination of the bed-plate pro-Vitnesses:

vided with perforated ears and havinga stop, JAS. K. DARNELL,

the angle trip-lever pivoted between the ears, F. A. BROWN.

